Roulette European
Britons
They have the best of it. No tipping ( a lovely 1968 rule ) and a low vig make this playable. European roulette wheels, and that includes the U.K, have the numbers in a different order to an American wheel. Both alternate red and black but the European wheel also alternates high and low where as the U.S wheel alternates two low, two high. Another curious difference is that the numbers on a European wheel face inwards and they face outwards on a U.S wheel.
French roulette
Is played in many places in France and some other fancy casinos around the world. It is a slow, etiquette style game where large cash chips are placed by the two croupiers for the punters. All chips look the same so it is essential that the croupier has great skill in remembering who owns each bet. Nowadays this form is receding into being a show-piece. It doesn't make the house a lot of money but the tips are expected to flow freely.
European roulette wheel diagram
In European (and French) Roulette the wheel consists of 37 slots, numbered from 0, 1 through 36.
On the standard roulette wheel the numbers are not arranged in increasing series.
Red and black numbers alternate.
In the arc on the right of the zero (numbers from 32 to 10) there are nine black numbers which are small (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17) and nine red numbers which are big (19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36)
In the arc on the left of the zero (26 to 5) there are nine big black numbers
(20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35) and nine red small numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18)
Numbers face the inside of the wheel.
There are three standard arcs which are covered by Announces (call bets)
The "Voisins du Zero" arc
Contains the twelve continuous numbers: 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3, 26, 0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2, 25.
The "Tier du Cylindre" arc Contains the following numbers: 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16, 33.
The "Orphans" and "Orphelins" arc
The "Orphans" and "Orphelins" contains other eight numbers: 17, 34, 6, 1, 20, 14, 31, 9.
European Roulette rules
Object of the game
Object of the European roulette is the same as for the American one: to predict which number out of possible 37 the ball will land on.
European roulette wheel
European Roulette wheel has thirty-seven numbers, including 1 to 36, a 0 ('zero') Another name for European roulette is "Single zero roulette".
If you would like to find out more about distribution of numbered slots on American roulette wheel, read European Roulette Wheel Diagram.
Table layout and possible bets
Read about differences in table layout for American and European roulette on Table layout.
Player has the option to bet on:
Certain number
Combination of numbers
Pick whether the number will be red or black, even or odd.
Explanation of possible bets and table layout you can find on European roulette bets.
The size of the payoffs and house edge depend on how the bets were placed.
Announces (Call bets)
The distribution of numbers on the European roulette wheel gives players opportunity to make Announces during the game.
The "En Prison" rule
Some European casinos offer the "En Prison" rule. This refers to the "outside" even-money bets (Red/Black, High/Low, Odd/Even) When the outcome is zero, it's allowed to leave the bet for another roulette spin. So your bet stays "in prison". If the following spin the outcome is zero again, then the whole bet is lost, if it's a hit, the bet is released with no payout.
European table with "En Prison" brings the house advantage down to 1.35% for even-money bets. This is the lowest for the roulette game.
The "La Partage" rule
The "la partage" roulette rule is similar to the "en prison" rule, only in this case the player loses half the bet and does not have the option of leaving the bet "en prison" for another spin.
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